Sustainability

The second UIAA Climate Change Summit will be held as part of the 2023 UIAA General Assembly. Details on the programme will be communicated in due course.

The winner of the 2023 UIAA Mountain Protection Award will be announced during a special ceremony held as part of the 2023 UIAA General Assembly. The event will be livestreamed at 18:00 local time. For further details on the 2023 UIAA Mountain Protection Award click here.

Celebrated on 11 December annually, International Mountain Day is an international observance day whose goal is to raise awareness about the role that mountainous regions play in the lives of people and their importance to our planet. Restoring mountain ecosystems is the theme of this year's International Mountain Day on 11 December. This theme was selected...

Celebrated on 11 December annually, the United Nations' International Mountain Day is an international observance day whose goal is to raise awareness about the role that mountainous regions play in the lives of people and their importance to our planet. The theme of the 2024 event is: Mountain solutions for a sustainable future – innovation,...

The UIAA Mountain Protection Commission will hold its second online meeting of 2025 on Tuesday 4 March from 15:00-17:00 CET. The meeting will be held online. For any questions please contact mountainprotection@theuiaa.org  

Introducing the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation (IYGP) 2025 The United Nations declared 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation, accompanied by the proclamation of the 21st March of each year as the World Day for Glaciers starting in 2025. This is an opportunity to raise global awareness about the critical role of glaciers, snow and...

The UIAA will attend the International Mountain Conference - IMC - will take places from 14-18  September in Innsbruck, Austria. #IMC builds upon the previous mountain conferences and aims to continue this scientific conference series exclusively targeted towards mountain-research. Hosted in the Alps, #IMC provides an excellent opportunity for experts from different disciplines to discuss mountain-related issues...

Celebrated on 11 December annually, the United Nations' International Mountain Day is an international observance day whose goal is to raise awareness about the role that mountainous regions play in the lives of people and their importance to our planet. The theme of the 2025 celebration is: Glaciers matter for water, food and livelihoods in...